Barrel-head.



- PATENTED JULY 26, 1904. V. T. SWEENEY.

BARREL HEAD.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 4, 1904.

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Inventor Witnesses v V aamvll lar Jweerre Attorney UNITED STATESPatented July 26, 1904.

VARDIMAN TAYLOR SWEENEY, OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, KENTUCKY.

BARREL-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,688, dated July 26,1904.

Application filed February 4, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VARDIMAN TAYLOR SWEENEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mount Washington, in the county of Bullitt and Stateof Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarrel-Heads; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved head for barrels, kegs, buckets, hogsheads,boxes, and other vessels; and it consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved head of the classmentioned which is adapted to be adjusted so that it may be readilyplaced in or removed from a barrel or other vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a barrel-headembodying my improvements, showing the same secured in a barrel. Fig.- 2is a transverse sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicatedby the line a a of Fig. 1.

The head 1 is-here shown as of circular form, adapted for use in abarrel or the like vessel. It may be of any suitable shape, as will beunderstood, and I do not desire to limit myself in this particular. Thehead 1 comprises the substantially semicircular sections 2 3 and theconnecting-section 4. The latter is disposed on the inner sides of thesections 2 3 and is secured to one of them and slidably related to theother. The sections 2 3 are spaced apart, so that theymay be movedtoward or from each other to adapt them to be fitted to or removed froma barrel or other vessel.

The sections 2 3 are provided in their straight edges, which are opposedto each other, with recesses 5 of suitable width and length. In

the said recesses are secured stirrups 6. In the outer ends of thestirrups are secured nuts 7, the bores of which are oppositely threaded.Adj usting-screws 8 are employed to connect the sections 2 3 together.

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end portions of the said adjusting-screws are provided with right andleft hand screwthreads which engage the correspondinglythreaded bores ofthe nuts 7 and it will be understood that by turning the saidadjusting-screws the same, in coaction with the nuts and the stirrups,will serve to move the sections 2 3 of the head together, according tothe direction in which the screws are turned. To enable the latter to bethus readily turned, I provide them with openings 9, in which a suitableimplement, such as abrad-awl, may be inserted.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

An adjustable head of the class described, comprising a pair ofsections, movable toward and from each other and having recesses intheir opposing sides, a connecting-section to cover the space betweenthe first-mentioned sections, secured to one of them and slidablyrelated to the other, stirrups secured in the recesses in the opposingsides of the firstmentioned sections, nuts secured to the said stirrups,and right and left hand adjustingscrews connecting the first mentionedsections together and engaging correspondinglythreaded openings in thenuts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

BERT. HALL, J. Q. HOUGH.

